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72 yr old female. I had 3 stents put in one cardiac artery on 9/21 . My pulse has been between 92 and 100 for 6 hours while at rest and bp has been around 185/87-97 approximately. Is this a form of Af… read more

I am a 60 year old male in good physical shape. I quit smoking and drinking 4 years ago, I exercise every day and I follow a pretty good diet. My blood pressure is a little high, 140/85. I recently ha… read more

Twice in the past 15 months, I have had sudden increase of heart rate from my normal of 60 beats per second to 165 beats per second. The first time occurred in the middle of the night and I went to th… read more

My father was recently dx with Afib (heart beat up to 144). After wearing an EKG machine while having an attack the doctors became more proactive. They just installed a pacemaker.The doctors also gave… read more

I am 70 yrs old- until Sept 2010 believed in very good health and physically active living @ 7000' elev in mountain area of NM. In Sep 2010 received 1st heart stent after experiencing mild aching in f… read more

Heart beat went from 60 to 100 (resting). Have had aortic valve replaced ( pig 1999 ),pacemaker( St. Jude 2-wire 2001), Ablation for a-fib 2009, cardioversion 2010.Why and what would be best method to… read more

I have a heart condition known as arythmia brought on by a heart attack about ayear ago.so far I have not receieved any treatment for it. I had a stent put into my coronary artery and I have been ok s… read more

My mom is 92. Right now she is complaining that her heart is beating really hard, and when I checked her pulse, her heart is beating at about 120 beats a minute. Is this dangerous? She was in the hosp… read more

Lately suffering from strong heart palpatations, like my heart skips a beat then bangs back into action, always tired as not sleeping and daily bouts of heart burn, and slight chest pains - more like … read more

I have random episodes throughout the day where I feel like I'm going to faint. My pulse rate shoots up even if I'm relaxed and sitting. All day I feel dizzy and I experience some sensations of vertig… read more

im 40 year old male when i work out i get my heart rate to 165 - 170 and then began walking after 20 min. my heart rate goes down about 20 beats after 2 min. but stays into the low 100s afterwards for… read more

A couple months ago, I went to the ER with the sudden onset of a tachycardic, bounding and irregular pulse, with no obvious chest pain other than from the broken ribs and sore sternum from a dirt bike… read more

I am a male, smoker, 37 years old having 113 kg weight. Since the last 2 months I have been having a high pulse rate coming to 95-120 per minute. Blood pressure is constant: 120/80. Cardiac enzymes ar… read more

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